Music Theory
Another name for a note (enharmonic equivalent) that sounds the same as F#
What is Gb?
Bows are made from hairs of this animal
What is a horse?
Name three instruments that use a reed to produce their sound
What are: saxophone, clarinet, oboe, bassoon
Who is Lin-Manuel Miranda and what is Hamilton?
Town the Goldblatts live in
What is Oneonta?
Relative major and minor keys share this
What is a key signature?
The technique where the player rapidly moves the bow back and forth for a startling sound
What is tremolo?
True or False: Saxophones have a spit valve
What is false?
The musical written by Anais Mitchell featuring a retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth
What is Hadestown?
The instruments Mrs. Goldblatt's son plays
What are cello and French horn?
Raises a note a half step
What is a sharp?
True or False: In hot weather, string instruments' pitch tends to go flat.
What is false?
Name two wind instruments that are most often played with vibrato to enhance their tone
What are flute, oboe, saxophone, and bassoon?
any two
The musical that opened on Broadway in 1988 and closed in 2023.
What is the Phantom of the Opera?
What is zero?
The only string instrument in orchestra that is not tuned in perfect fifths
What is the bass?
At the end of a pizzicato section, this word means "go back to playing with the bow"
What is arco?
In Prokofiev's musical tale of Peter and the Wolf, this instrument represents the wolf
What is the French horn?
In Wicked, (the movie versions) name the two leads who played Elphaba and Glinda
Who are Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande?
The one state in New England Mrs. Goldblatt has never lived in.
What is Rhode Island?
The order of whole and half steps in a major scale
What is WWHWWWH?
What is found half way up each string and, when the player lightly rests their finger on the string with out pressing it to the fingerboard, causes a sound one octave higher?
What is a harmonic?
The name for an extended technique allowing players of an instrument that is normally able to play only one note at a time to play multiple: example: chords on a clarinet, flute, or saxophone
What are multiphonics?
Name two musicals that are updates of the Romeo and Juliet story
What are West Side Story and & Juliet?
Name two Goldblatt family hobbies that start with the letter S
What are skiing and sailing?